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Bill Lee: It is not just unemployment, Mr. Secretary. Black full-time workers earn less than 60 percent of what white workers earn…

On the recordMarch 5, 2018
It is not just unemployment, Mr. Secretary. Black full-time workers earn less than 60 percent of what white workers earn every year.
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Bill Lee
Republican · Tennessee

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Lee points out the wage gap between black and white workers.

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